Intensive care and pregnancy: Epidemiology and general principles of management of obstetrics ICU patients during pregnancy

Anaesthesia Critical Care and Pain Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue , 2016, Pages S51-S57

  Zieleskiewicz, Laurent ^a   Chantry, Anne ^b,c   Duclos, Gary ^a   Bourgoin, Aurelie ^a   Mignon, Alexandre ^a   Deneux Tharaux, Catherine ^b   Leone, Marc ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b PARIS DESCARTES UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Critical care; Epidemiology; Pregnancy; Sepsis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FASCIITIS; FETAL WELL BEING; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; OBSTETRIC PATIENT; OBSTETRICIAN; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHARMACIST; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; UTERUS DISEASE; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; CASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CESAREAN SECTION; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84989172038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23525568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accpm.2016.06.005     Document Type: Article

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